A Clockwork Orange research

The original ‘A Clockwork Orange’ book written by Anthony Burgess was published in 1962, which claimed the inspiration for the book came from his stint abroad from Britain, his wife Lynne was beaten by a gang of drunk American servicemen stationed in England during World War II. The book was banned in various schools in the US (following the release of the film, so it wasn’t banned for The film was later released on 19th December 1971 in the US and the 13th January 972 in the UK, and was rated X in it’s original release in the U.S. Author Anthony Burgess initially distrusted Kubrick as a director, but was happy with the results. He felt the film later made the book, one of his least favourite books he had written, overshadow his other work. Warner Bros at the request of Kubrick, one of the reasons for withdrawing the movie in the UK was that, he and his family received several death threats because of the film. After the film was pulled it was difficult to watch ‘A Clockwork Orange’ in the UK, but came back into public hands following Kubrick’s death in 1999, as cinemas began to reshow the film.